Show #5831 2010-01-11 (taped 2009-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Alonso Duralde — a film critic from West Hollywood, California

Mariann Cook Andrews — an outreach specialist from Tumwater, Washington

Susan Poliniak — an educational music director from Flushing, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Susan	$400	$3,200	$5,000	$9,999 3rd place: $1,000	$5,200 11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mariann	$2,400	$4,000	$29,400	$23,400 New champion: $23,400	$26,400 28 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Alonso	$2,200	$2,200	$7,000	$13,999 2nd place: $2,000	$6,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM	OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV	ALLUSIONAL THINKING	WORD PLAY	47	SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
$200 [6] To oversimplify, it's a really big hole in the ground in Arizona--1 mile deep & 277 river miles long the Grand Canyon Susan	$200 [12] This Oscar winner for "The Piano" plays a feisty Oklahoma City police detective on TNT's "Saving Grace" Holly Hunter Alonso	$200 [20] Someone compared to this Aesop kid has lied so many times no one believes him even when he's telling the truth the boy who cried wolf Mariann	$200 [1] The gangs were all here in this play West Side Story Susan	$200 [17] The heavenly strains of the concert grand pedal type of this instrument come from its 47 strings a harp Susan Mariann Alonso	$200 [11] Neckwear for eating lobster bib Alonso
$400 [7] Half Dome, one of the impressive features of this national park, is seen here Yosemite Mariann	$400 [13] Although he lost the supporting actor Oscar for "Cinderella Man", he won the Emmy vote for "John Adams" Paul Giamatti Susan Mariann Alonso	$400 [21] If you're slow but steady & you still beat a sprinter, you might be compared to this creature of fable a turtle Mariann	$400 [2] Eugene O'Neill asked that this piece not be produced until after his death Long Day's Journey into Night Alonso	$400 [18] This unit of measure is equal to .47 liters; drink up! a pint Susan Mariann Alonso	$400 [27] It can be a small facility for outpatient care, or a whole medical establishment run by specialists a clinic Susan
$600 [8] Check out the glistening dunes at White Sands National Monument in this state New Mexico Mariann	$600 [14] This 5-time Oscar nominee played captain Monica Rawling for a season on "The Shield" Glenn Close Susan Alonso	$600 [22] A small person who goes up against a bigger opponent & wins evokes the story of these 2 Valley of Elah foes David & Goliath Mariann	$600 [3] This John Guare play is not about Kevin Bacon Six Degrees of Separation Alonso	$600 [19] These 2 tropic lines, north & south of the equator, are 47 degrees apart Cancer & Capricorn Alonso	—
$800 [9] Celebrating "a century of sanctuary" in 2009, it's Utah's first national park, though it's last alphabetically Zion Mariann	$800 [15] Executive producer of "Ugly Betty", she has also guest starred as Sofia Reyes Salma Hayek Alonso	$800 [23] The allusion "ships that pass in the night" is from this American poet's "Tales of a Wayside Inn" Longfellow Susan Mariann	DD $1,000 [4] This Pinter play has nothing to do with a football tradition The Homecoming Alonso	$800 [25] You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table silver Mariann	—
$1,000 [10] Seen here, it's known to some Native Americans as Bears Lodge Devils Tower Mariann Alonso	$1,000 [16] "An Unmarried Woman" in the movies, she played Donald Sutherland's wife Letitia on "Dirty Sexy Money" Jill Clayburgh Mariann	$1,000 [24] Your vulnerability might be compared to this body part of an ancient Greek hero who killed Hector an Achilles' heel Susan Mariann	$1,000 [5] This Neil Simon play also made it to the big screen I Ought to Be in Pictures Susan Alonso	$1,000 [26] The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th proposition in the first book of his "Elements" Euclid Mariann	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

CODES	FACTS & FIGURES	THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING	...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!	OH, BEE GEE	"YN"
$400 [22] The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills a bar code Mariann	$400 [17] There are 88 of these, which run alphabetically from Andromeda to Vulpecula constellations Susan	$400 [12] In April 1930 the first 3 mysteries involving her were published & became an instant success Nancy Drew Susan Mariann Alonso	$400 [2] Noted for their "feathery" legs, these Scottish draft horses were taken to North America in 1842, Bud Clydesdales Mariann	$400 [11] Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949 Robin & Maurice Alonso	$400 [1] A Jewish house of worship a synagogue Mariann
$800 [23] In "A Christmas Story", the message Ralphie uncovers using his decoder says "Be sure to drink your" this Ovaltine Susan	$800 [18] Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15% at home Mariann	$800 [13] In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material nylon Mariann	$800 [3] Ex-welterweight champ Carlos, or a golden-coated, silver-maned horse a palomino Mariann	$800 [27] Though never a Bee Gee, this other brother had 3 No. 1 singles & hosted "Solid Gold" Andy Gibb Alonso	$800 [5] A bird of the family Sturnidae, capable of mimicking human speech a mynah Mariann
DD $1,000 [24] On Jan. 20, 2009 a military officer carrying these codes came to the inauguration with Bush & left with Obama the codes to release nuclear warheads Susan	$1,200 [19] Researchers have found more than 40,000 of the dust type of these microscopic bugs in 1 ounce of mattress dust mites Mariann	$1,200 [14] In 1936 Los Angeles started receiving its electricity from generators at this facility Hoover Dam	$1,200 [4] In the 17th century this type of wild horse numbered between 2 & 4 mil.; today, only about 20,000 remain, mostly in the West mustangs Alonso	$2,000 [28] In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies" jive talkin' Alonso	$1,200 [8] A skeptic, or one of a Greek sect who espoused that virtue is the only good a cynic Mariann
$1,600 [25] 1968's Nobel Prize in Medicine was for "interpretation of" this "code and its function in protein synthesis" the genetic code Mariann	$1,600 [20] Got this river? It flows more than 600 miles through Alberta & Montana before entering the Missouri the Milk Mariann	$1,600 [15] In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee the Netherlands Mariann	$1,600 [6] 1 tale says this breed descends from Muhammad's horses that refused water to answer a battle call Arabians Mariann	—	$1,600 [9] The bobcat is also known as the bay this animal a lynx Mariann
$2,000 [26] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some characters on the monitor.) In international Morse code, developed because of the limitations of American Morse code, the "U" is dot dot dash & a "U" with one of these marks is dot dot dash dash an umlaut Mariann	DD $5,000 [21] A pen with 1,400 diamonds depicting a mountain range was created in 2006 to celebrate this company's 100th anniversary Montblanc Mariann	$2,000 [16] In 1939 Edwin Armstrong built the first full-scale station for this type of commercially used radio transmission FM Mariann Alonso	$2,000 [7] This "stately" horse has 3 gaits; the flat-foot walk, the running walk & the canter the Tennessee walking horse Alonso	—	$2,000 [10] In music, to place accents on beats that are normally unaccented syncopated Mariann

Final Jeopardy!

THE PARTS OF SPEECH

Of the traditional 8 parts of speech, it's the only one that doesn't end in the same 4 letters as 1 of the other parts of speech

adjective

Susan "What is an adjective?" — wagered $4,999

Alonso "What is adjective?" — wagered $6,999

Mariann "What is verb" — wagered $6,000

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